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Wednesday, 5 April 2017

When is a UFO an FO but not an FFO and yet remains a UFO?

The latest block of the Stitcher's Alphabet is now complete, it's full coverage so it took ages! The flying saucer is metallic and there are beads too.

So it's an Finished Object but it's not a Fully Finished Object as we still have V-Z to stitch but it remains a UFO in the picture!

Progress on Joan Elliott's 12 Days is slow as the Small Boy has decided a 30 second dip in the water is sufficient and then another 10 minutes of being told "Back in the bath". So no photos until I have stitched this month's block 4 Calling Birds.

My two Sew Many Stitches projects are going well. In March I started 23 Just Nan Smalls and the plan is to stitch 30-a-day on one until it is finished and then move on to the next one. I should average one a month that way. The first is smaller than average so will be a nice quick finish.

Here we have the first six days of Christmas Rose (the first photo is two days' progress not one)

stitched on 32 count Antique White evenweave

Meanwhile Spring in the Square is in it's 95th day! 950 stitches looks like this:

And the full 95 days looks like this:

That last big box is intentionally blank to keep the proportions of the other boxes the same!

Finally, we have exciting events coming up - my 6th Blogaversary this weekend and the Easter Treasure Hunt Blog Hop the following weekend. And of course, more Bloggers of the Week each Friday. Life is just one long social whirl!

What a title.. ha ha. These small blocks are very deceptive, you would think I can finish them in few hrs looking at the size, but no sometimes they take days.Wow, are those really 950 stitches? Looking fwd to the blogaversary and easter blog hop posts.

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About Me

I'm a stitcher from the East of England, married with two boys.
I've been stitching since 1993 and have a dated sampler to prove it! I love the cross stitch chat forums and discovered blog-stalking a while back then started one of my own.
I love to stitch fantasy themes and samplers most of all. Mirabilia, L&L, Just Nan, Joan Elliot and TW are my favourites but my ambition is to stitch a Chatelaine...one day!
edit to say - 2017 is that day! I officially started my first Chatelaine mandala on 10th February 2017.